Police: Woman detained in Fulton after pulling out gun ‘in a threatening manner’

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Fulton police detained a woman on Wednesday after she allegedly pulled out a gun “in a threatening manner” and entered a home near 12^th Street and Amherst Street.

The Fulton Police Department told residents in an 11:58 a.m. social media post that they should avoid 12^th Street between Bluff Street and Circle Drive and a follow up post stated the area was reopened at 12:17 p.m.

Police wrote at 1:46 p.m. that the woman was in a residence with the gun and that officers were able to get her to leave the home.

“On June 3, 2026 at 11:21 am Fulton Police responded to the area of 12th and Amherst for a report of a female outdoors brandishing a firearm in a threatening manner, causing others in the area to be fearful for their safety,” the post says.

Fulton Police Chief Bill Ladwig confirmed in an email to ABC 17 News that Amanda Dawn McCarter, 38, was the suspect who was detained. She was booked into the Callaway County Jail at 1:42 p.m. and jail records state she was arrested on suspicion of unlawful use of a weapon.

Charges were not filed yet on Casenet for McCarter as of Wednesday afternoon.